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Cold War Vocabulary
1Containment
- alliance between the US and Great Britain
- Blockade
- President Harry Truman
- Policy keep communism from spreading
2Cold War
- continuing state of tension between the US and Soviet Union
- War that occurred before World War II
- Battles between the US and Soviet Union
- Imaginary line that divided Europe into East and West
3Truman Doctrine
- a gentlemen's agreement
- policy of not interfering in foreign conflicts
- Policy to help communism spread around the world
- Policy to help any country resist communism
4Iron Curtain
- Imaginary line that divided Europe into West and East
- forced pro-communist gov'ts established by Stalin
- The Marshall Plan
- Promotes democracy
5Command Economy
- a nation that does not side with either the US or USSR
- laissez-faire
- People vote for elected officials
- government controls means of production-land, labor, capital
6Warsaw Pact
- Alliance between USSR & communist countries of Europe
- Strict government control of people's lives
- Collectivization
- Alliance between the US & 10 Western Countries
7Marshall Plan
- self-determination
- Plan to revive Europe by giving money ($13 billion)
- a superpower
- dropping food and supplies to Berlin from planes
8Joseph Stalin
- Emperor of Japan
- Chancellor of Germany
- Dictator of USSR
- President of the US
9NATO
- Alliance between the USSR & all communist states of Europe
- Rivalry between the US & USSR
- Berlin Airlift
- Alliance between the US & 10 Western nations
10Harry Truman
- President of the US
- Dictator of the Soviet Union
- Emperor of Japan
- Chancellor of Germany
